Can You Read These Rxs?

NOVEMBER 01, 2008

Registered Pharmacist Irina Valdez,
of CVS/pharmacy #5052 in Hyde
Park, New York, could not identify
the drug's name in this prescription. After
checking the patient's profile, she had an
idea of the medication being prescribed.
A call was placed to the prescribing physician's
office for confirmation. Can you
identify the medicine being ordered?

When this prescription was brought
into the pharmacy, Meagan E.
Wilson, PharmD, RPh, of Kmart
Pharmacy #3585 in Carroll, Iowa, thought
the medication being ordered was either
sween cream or silvadene cream. After
consulting with the physician, she learned
the prescription was not for either medication.
Can you decode this prescription?

ANSWERS

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